[bestbits] Best Bits meeting plans for the 2013 IGF

[Farooq Ahmed Jam]

                 Dear Jeremy,
                           The two point agenda seems good enough to 
keep the best bits participants focused on outcomes and will help in 
finalizing the content to further support the upcoming workshops.  I am 
happy with agenda and expected outcomes.  As per Baku best bits,  are we 
going to develop an agreed statement?.  As there may be a difference of 
opinion among civil society members on " what we want"  and " How we can 
get there".

Thanks

Farooq
On 3/14/2013 3:07 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This is to follow on from Andrew's summary of the informal Best Bits 
> meeting in Paris.  If you can't find it, it is available in the web 
> archives of this list at http://lists.igcaucus.org/arc/bestbits. 
> (Thanks also to Deborah for forwarding the notice about the short 
> deadline for IGF workshop proposals.)
>
> On the basis of suggestions and offers made so far, here is what we 
> are proposing for Best Bits in 2013.  It follows from the discussions 
> in Paris, but is just a rough outline and it is still open for your 
> comments:
>
>   * A two-day pre-IGF Best Bits meeting on the weekend of 19-20
>     October in Bali, with an overall theme around a positive agenda
>     for Internet governance, which (like last time) will split into
>     two very practical agenda items, one of them substantive ("what we
>     want"), and the other procedural ("how we can get it"):
>       o Identifying common civil society strategies for advancing a
>         human rights Internet.  This can incorporate related
>         initiatives such as the IGF MAG's newly-established Internet
>         principles working group, and the "Web We Want" initiative
>         that a number of those from this list are involved with.
>       o A positive agenda for the evolution of Internet governance
>         arrangements.  This will tie in with the work of the CSTD
>         Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.  The output of this
>         would be a common civil society position on an enhanced
>         cooperation mechanism or process (perhaps IGF-based) that we
>         could support.
>   * Two public IGF workshops that would present each of the two agenda
>     items above to a wider audience, and would include participation
>     by representatives of the other stakeholder groups.  Global
>     Partners is working on text for the workshop proposals, and will
>     post them for comment when ready.
>
> Meanwhile I am fundraising now to get some more travel funds for those 
> who will need it, and indeed to broaden the funding base compared to 
> last time.  The funds will also be used for a permanent website, 
> including a rather sophisticated event calendar, which will begin as a 
> rather less sophisticated event calendar, and grow features progressively.
>
> If you have any comments on the above outline please share them. Thanks!
>
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